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About Boriya Village

Boriya is a small village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 153 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Boriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Boriya village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Thanakhamria
Pincode 491335
Area (hectares) 310.3 hectares
Population 312
Male Population 153
Female Population 159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Boriya compares

By the 2011 count Boriya is the 72nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 310.3 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Boriya

Boriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Boriya as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Boriya from other places

Boriya lies about 9.2 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 2.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Boriya
Nearest railway station Bhilai Power House 2.1 km
Nearest town Bhilai 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Thanakhamria 9.2 km
District headquarters Durg 9.2 km

Villages closest to Boriya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thanakhamria tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Boriya

As per the Census of India 2011, Boriya village had a population of 312. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Boriya village has 153 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Boriya has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Boriya is 491335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Boriya covers 310.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Boriya falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Boriya is Bhilai Power House, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Boriya.

Boriya is about 9.2 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Boriya is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Bhilai Power House is about 2.1 km away. Bhilai is about 6.8 km away. Thanakhamria is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurud (5.7 km), Bhanora (7.1 km) and Khapri (7.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Boriya today is likely to be higher.

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